1894 (10 Mar) use of 1½d Postal Card from Sydney to Shanghai, with Hong Kong transit and Shanghai backstamps. Attractive

Lot 47

Estimate: $600

1894 (20 Oct) envelope (monogram of Grand Central Coffee Palace on flap) from Sydney to Hawkes Bay (NZ) showing very fine strike of 'Saved from wreck of the/ 'WAIRARAPA.' ' in blue, backstamped Danevirke. Accompanied by earlier write-up stating 'The wreck of the steamer was sold at auction on the 6th of November for 70 pounds, slightly less than a single cover now brings at auction.'(!)(photo)